Guided Garden Tours

The setting for Boerner Botanical Gardens is reminiscent of an English country manor with glacial fieldstone walls and historic, handcrafted limestone statuary.

The Friends of Boerner Botanical Gardens (FBBG) offers groups of 15 or more an opportunity to view Milwaukee County’s “Living” Museum with a one-hour, educational, docent-guided tour at a special group rate of $9.50 per person.

Plants of the Bible

FBBG presents a tour of Plants of the Bible which include references to gardens and plant life in the Bible.

Many of the plants mentioned in the Bible are the same Genus or Family as the plants that can be seen at Boerner Botanical Gardens. They were used to enhance flavor in foods, to make cosmetics and perfumery to make people and places more attractive and pleasant, as payment for goods and services, and also for medicinal purposes.

“The story of creation begins in a garden, and Jesus’ last hours on earth were in a garden. His body was entombed in a garden and the women who went to the tomb to perform burial rites used plant material. The Book of Revelation ends with a reference to trees… bearing fruit.”